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Trade Review
"Provides insight into [Japan's] artistic and commercial roots by illustrating the history of these street signs, how they were created, and some of the business and trades that used them.--Metropolis

Table of Contents
Foreword-Rob Sidner 7 Introduction 9 The Neon Scramble Kanban: Signs of the Times 1 Fingerprints of the Artisan 19 Visual Records Scenes in and around the Capital Woodblock Prints 2 The Kanban of Nihonbashi 37 3 The Way of the Merchant 47 4 Kanban and Kabuki: Product Placement and the Edo Stage 55 5 Collectors and Collections 61 The Sugiura Collection The Peabody Essex Museum Collection The Showa Neon Takamura Kanban Museum Collection 6 Categorizing Kanban: The Catalogue 69 Medicine Tobacco Shops Mokei Kanban: Shop Signs as Sculpture Yoki Kanban: Container Shop Signs Consumer Goods: Kanban and Daily Necessities Kanban and Specialty Trades Kanban and Pastimes Notes 161 Glossary 165 Bibliography 168 Index 174

Kanban Traditional Shop Signs of Japan

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 9 May 2017
      ISBN-13 9780691176475
      978-0691176475
      ISBN-10 0691176477
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      The arts: general topics Advertising Asian history

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "Provides insight into [Japan's] artistic and commercial roots by illustrating the history of these street signs, how they were created, and some of the business and trades that used them.--Metropolis

      Table of Contents
      Foreword-Rob Sidner 7 Introduction 9 The Neon Scramble Kanban: Signs of the Times 1 Fingerprints of the Artisan 19 Visual Records Scenes in and around the Capital Woodblock Prints 2 The Kanban of Nihonbashi 37 3 The Way of the Merchant 47 4 Kanban and Kabuki: Product Placement and the Edo Stage 55 5 Collectors and Collections 61 The Sugiura Collection The Peabody Essex Museum Collection The Showa Neon Takamura Kanban Museum Collection 6 Categorizing Kanban: The Catalogue 69 Medicine Tobacco Shops Mokei Kanban: Shop Signs as Sculpture Yoki Kanban: Container Shop Signs Consumer Goods: Kanban and Daily Necessities Kanban and Specialty Trades Kanban and Pastimes Notes 161 Glossary 165 Bibliography 168 Index 174

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